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Mark Palandri
Reproducing this problem will require a WebDAV server from which a Word
subdocument can be obtained.
Execute the following series of steps:
1) Open a new blank document in Word 2003
2) Select View/Outline
3) Click the Insert Subdocument button on the Outlining toolbar
4) Enter the HTTP URL of a subdocument from a WebDAV server and click Open
5) Select File/Save As..., enter a local system file location and click
Save. Among other requests, this action causes a LOCK request to be sent to
the WebDAV server for the subdocument.
6) Close the document or Exit Word.
I would have expected that exiting Word or closing the document in question
would have generated an UNLOCK request to the WebDAV server for the
subdocument, but no additional requests were forthcoming.
If the master document itself were to originate from a WebDAV server, then a
LOCK request is sent when the document is first opened. Refresh LOCK requests
are then sent every two minutes until the document is closed, at which point
an UNLOCK request is sent to the WebDAV server.
Why is it that the WebDAV locks on the subdocuments are not explicitly
released when the master document is closed? Smells like a bug to me.
Fortunately, the lock has a timeout of three minutes so that eventually the
lock is released, but I feel that Word should explicitly UNLOCK any WebDAV
resources that it LOCKED in the course of editing a document.
subdocument can be obtained.
Execute the following series of steps:
1) Open a new blank document in Word 2003
2) Select View/Outline
3) Click the Insert Subdocument button on the Outlining toolbar
4) Enter the HTTP URL of a subdocument from a WebDAV server and click Open
5) Select File/Save As..., enter a local system file location and click
Save. Among other requests, this action causes a LOCK request to be sent to
the WebDAV server for the subdocument.
6) Close the document or Exit Word.
I would have expected that exiting Word or closing the document in question
would have generated an UNLOCK request to the WebDAV server for the
subdocument, but no additional requests were forthcoming.
If the master document itself were to originate from a WebDAV server, then a
LOCK request is sent when the document is first opened. Refresh LOCK requests
are then sent every two minutes until the document is closed, at which point
an UNLOCK request is sent to the WebDAV server.
Why is it that the WebDAV locks on the subdocuments are not explicitly
released when the master document is closed? Smells like a bug to me.
Fortunately, the lock has a timeout of three minutes so that eventually the
lock is released, but I feel that Word should explicitly UNLOCK any WebDAV
resources that it LOCKED in the course of editing a document.